Who Turned The Lights On?
Episodes
S5:E1 - I Am a Healer and .... I Need a Job Again!
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Can all the healers getting jobs, thinking about getting jobs or sourcing income from healing-adjacent places please stand up? Over the last several m...
S4 - E22: The Scarcity Code - Part 3
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Probably my best iteration yet of how I I found my way out of the dark. I chose to share this information as an article I wrote for my younger self. R...
S4-E21: The Scarcity Code - Part 2
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, this audio explores how nervous system adaptations silently shape the way we price, earn, and show up in business. From freezing at b...
S4-E20: The Scarcity Code - Part 1
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a Who Turned The Lights On first, I invite you to listen to a reading I recorded for my younger self, and perhaps for yours, too. This is Part 1 of...
S4-E19: Distinctions, Insights & Context, As You Find Your Way Out Of The Dark
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode in an 8-part micro series exploring the 70 page book - Successful Outside, Struggling Inside. This final episode summarises the last...
S4-E18: NeuroCity & BioCity is why micro moments, 3x daily for 12 weeks is so effective.
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While we don't really need to understand Neuroplasticity or Bioplasticity to recover, it is very helpful to undestand its role. Maybe understanding a ...
S4-E17: Rabbits & Turtles to Help Us Stop Overriding The Body
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The area I ignored most, that likely added at least a year or more to my recovery. This is part 6 of our mini series exploring the wee book: Successfu...
S4-E16: Supporting Your Nervous System To Make T.H.E. C.L.I.M.B.
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode 16, also known as part 5 of our mini series on Successful Outside Struggling Inside. We explore all 8 bio-items that are the building ...
S4-E15: Changing That 5yr old Wiring, Hijacking Your Current Reality
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 15 is also part 4 in this mini series, exploring the 70 pg wee book - Successful Outside, Struggling Inside. This episode recaps the prior 3 e...
S4-E14: Perception? Nah its projection!
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 14 coincides with a lived experience from this very morning that is used to shape, direct and explain this section of that wee book titled: Su...
S4-E13: Nervous System 101
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get instant access to the wee book here: Successful Outside, Struggling Inside We are back with the 2nd of our mini series discussing the wee book - ...
S4-E12 The Way Out Is Through The Nervous System
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 12 marks the beginning of a micro series I am running based on the wee book (70 page free PDF) titled, "Successful Outside, Struggling Inside....
S4:E11 - It's better with SomaVedic! Our lived experience, skepticism & results, with Ruth Pearce.
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your performance wasn't just about your mindset, but your mitochondria? What if quality of life came down to what's in—and around—your ner...
S4-E10: Consciousness as a tool to grow your business into the ultimate Exit, with Townsend Wardlaw
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10 will go down as one of my all time favourites. I appreciated the wisdom, insight and opportunity to learn from a business mind who prioriti...
S4-E9: I was a judge, a solictor but mostly I was a head on a stick, with Claire Payne
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Italian sports car. Corner office. Member of the judiciary, Solictor - On paper, Claire Payne had it all - and - Friday evening, 9pm in her office, wi...
S4:E8 - Fried for a Reason: EMFs, Frequency & the Invisible Field Hijacking Your Energy with Special Guest Dr. Joshua Rosenthal
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joshua Rosenthal joins me for a game-changing conversation on EMFs, coherence, and the invisible field your nervous system is trying to regulate w...
S4-E7: Not Mindset Blocks, These Are Nervous System Knots.
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode 7, Inspired by some great comments on a linkedin post I made earlier, over here. I got inspired to riff off the comments and speak ...
S4-E6: The End Of Survival Mode
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I hit record 3x as I got all choked up at seeing the truth of this headline. The End of Survival Mode is attainable, accessible and I'm committed to s...
S4-E5: Nervous System Dysregulation, Co-Regulation and Self Regulation with Dr. Abrar Hussain
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Abrar Hussain is back to help us stand on some foundational concepts as it relates to all things #NervousSystemIntelligence. We cover the 3 nervou...
S4-E4: I bombed my podcast interview. The Grip That Sent Me Into Neurobiological Time Travel
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode examines something that happened to me (Shannon Eastman) earlier today. I bombed my podcast and inside that experience I got to see som...
S4-E3: Creating Life with a Regulated Nervous System, V The Excruciating Effort That Life Was Before.
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I would use words like alignment, allowing, and endless access to everything to describe life with a regulated nervous system. It's being able to me...
S4-E2: My Top 10 Insights & Distinctions 5 years into my recovery from C-PTSD
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm taking an episode (or two) to get real about what life is life 5 years into my own recovery from C-PTSD using nervous system regulation. Kind of...
S4:E1 - It's Not All In Your Head, It's In Your System with Dr. Abrar Hussain
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with Dr. Abrar Hussain to kick off Series 4, Episode 1 as we bring another lens on all things "40+ professional, highly functioning, not-al...
S3:E15 Knowing What It Means To Be Nervous System Informed v. What It Looks Like Living It
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roseanne Reilly joins me (Shannon Eastman) for episode 5 of our 6 part series - A #NervousSystemInformed approach to finding your way out of the dark....
S3:E14 Jung, Einstein and Roseanne on the Role Your Environment Plays in Recovery.
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are in part 4 of a 6 part series as we unpack Roseanne's Nervous System Informed Approach to finding stable ground in ways that are long lasting. ...
S3:E13 Your Inner World Directs Your Outer World Informed by Your Nervous System State
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 of a 6 Part Series, Roseanne Reilly sharing her Nervous System Informed Framework To Finding Your Way Out Of The Dark. The recap that gets us h...
S3:E12 The Nervous System Continuum A critical First Piece Of The Puzzle
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roseanne Reilly joins me for part 2 of a 6 part series sharing her framework on a Nervous System Informed approach to finding your way out of the dark...
S3:E11 Introduction to a #NervousSystemInformed Approach to Finding Your Way Out Of The Dark
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm all for a self-guided, DIY it till something changes kind of approach to finding your way out of the dark. I did exactly that for the first 3.5 ...
S3:E10 The What, Why and How of Boundaries - The Neurobiological Kind.
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roseanne Reilly, Nervous System Practitioner over at Hands Of Time Healing Dot Com shares the what, why and how of boundaries mapping what they look l...
S3:E9 Dysregulated Nervous System & Toxic Workplaces
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It started offline as a challenge about using the word 'toxic' to describe workplaces, cultures, teams that were being made sick by dysregulated leade...
S3:E8 How To Communicate Why Your Nervous System Is So Important Personally & Professionally
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Behind-The-Scenes conversation with Roseanne Reilly as we resolve how best to incorporate feedback we've received on our 2025 content plans. We have...
S3:E7 Resilience! I got the t-shirt, now what?
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience is a common word that can feel hard to pin down. Particularly when we find there is cheap brassy imitation Resilience, and Authentic Resili...
S3:E6 Round Up: 7 Insights on Recovery When You're 40+ & Newish To This
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roseanne and I round up 7 of the bigger insights we've covered to date sharing our respective take on each. This podcast debates, explores and maps th...
S3:E5 Your Nervous System: The Holy Grail of Recovery
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roseanne Reilly and I (Shannon Eastman) meet in this episode to specifically map out the Nervous System and its 4 unique states. Survival Mode / Dysre...
S3:E4 If You're 40+ and Brand New to Your Nervous System, This One's For You!
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Your Nervous System matters, a lot. How it works, arguably, matters more. For example, as an infant, your nervous system requires the nervous systems ...
S3:E3 The Backstory to Shannon & Roseanne, and the plans going forward.
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Roseanne and I share the backstory about how we met, why we stayed connected all this time, and what we are planning in the coming mon...
S3:E2 "I Know What I Am Supposed To Do - But - Why Can't I Do It? w/ Roseanne Reilly
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the query that once haunted me for more than a decade "I know what I am supposted to do, but I just can't do it!" I have invested 6 figures o...
S3:E1 - Behind The Scenes Look At What's Happened and How I Landed Here.
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new dawn, a new day, a new podcast, a new brand. And in this behind-the-scenes-style episode I fill you in on what happened since the summer of...
S2:E27 - Suffering: why is it here and what can we do about it with Dr. Andy Hahn, PsyD.
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andy Hahn joins me for this episode on suffering. What is it, where does it come from, why is it here and how can we work with it. A conversatio...
S2:E26 - Release Trauma, Rewire Brain & Reprogram for Change. This is B.R.A.I.N with Louise Swaltzwater
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new kind of episode as I agree to be faciltiated, live in a 1-to-1 trauma release session with you listening in. heh. In my first ever, I hit record...
S2:E25 - The Anxiety of Money. This is Trauma, Money and Resolution with Jane Evans
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Evans joins me to discuss one of my favourite topics - Trauma & Money. When it comes to answering some version of the question, "How much" or w...
S2:E24 - How Fine Art, Complex Systems & Curiosity Saved My Life. This is Richard's Story
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Richard F. Adams, shares his experience of navigating challenge, mental health, and what happened in 2019 that changed everything. ...
S2:E23- The Underbelly of Sex Addiction. This Is Recovery With Rob Watt and Dr. Kirsty Loudon
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is my first episode inspired by a few listeners who have been in touch with me to share how sex addiction has disrupted, or is disrupting their l...
S2: E22 - I Think I Have C-PTSD, Now What? This Is Recovery With Roseanne Reilly
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Her name is Roseanne Reilly, an Irish woman in NYC, who is a masterful facilitator of individuals with C-PTSD. Her career path moved her through being...
S2:E21 - The Ugly Sides To Recovery And The Daily Practice That Brings In the Beauty
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a more candid look at the uglier sides of recovery as I reflect on the last 10 days or so where I have been all sorts of dysregulated,...
S2:E20 - Unpacking: 1. Being In Your Body and 2. Engaging Body Work, To Expedite Healing
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I share the clarity I have gained, some distinctions I've made, and some suggestions on how and where to start. Starting is what matters most here. Th...
S2:E19 - This Self Regulation Practice Has Made All The Difference
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An episode that looks at one of the most important tools that I've used to transform my life from chaos and trainwrecks, to calm and having all sorts ...
S2:E18 - How Pieces From Our Past Become The Mosaic For Our Future
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Walker, Addiction Recovery Coach joins this episode where we bring out a few distinctions around: what is Supporting the Body, Coming into t...
S2:E17 - Highly Successful, Fabulous at Life & Secretly in Despair. This is Zara's Story.
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#CPTSD #MyStory - This is my first episode from the "My C-PTSD Story" theme. Zara joins me to share her experience of life before she was diagnosed wi...
S2:E16 - Those Uncomfortable Emotions Are The Way In, If We Are To Find Our Way Out
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I cover a lot of ground in this episode including some real life examples from the past few weeks to set up some new insights on: co-regulation, self-...
S2:E15 - The 3 Yr Old Ninja That Had Me Emotionally Dysregulated Today
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've had an emotionally dysregulated morning. I use this episode to share my current observations of what is happening, the 3 Year old Ninja that brou...
S2:E14 - The Future Will Have Us All Trauma Informed - Here's Why
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I share why I firmly believe that the future will have us all trauma-informed. This episode is more business flavoured, and introduces my Brain-Body-B...
S2:E13 - Dissecting Both My Overreaction and The 4 Stages of c-PTSD Recovery
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I use this episode to dissect two things; my spectacular overreaction to a seemingly normal situation that took place yesterday, before dissecting a f...
S2:E12 - A Recovering Toxic Boss Reflects on the Why, How and When...
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An interesting episode for me as I explore the impact a Toxic Boss can have on their team and the business along with why, how and when my own Toxic B...
S2:E11 - Your Chaotic Relationship With Money Might Be C-PTSD
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode briefly looks at 8 benefits of C-PTSD that lend themselves well to the workplace and generating income, before a quick definition of what...
S2:E10 - The Growth Mindset is an Incomplete Truth When...
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm shooting from the hip here as I explore my thoughts, insights, and learnings in tandem with a dozen conversations these last few weeks on my chall...
S2:E9 - Highly Functioning, Secretly in Despair
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I share the story of where this term, Highly Functioning, Secretly-in-Despair came from, what it feels like to be inside it and some t...
S2:E8 - Lost In The Void Leads You Here...
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was inspired by Carl Jung. Two quotes in particular. "You meet your destiny on the road you took to avoid it" and "People will do anythin...
S2:E7 - 13 Ways C-PTSD Leaks at Work
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode looks at 3 stats about: Highly Functioning, High Achievers, and Founders, Entrepreneurs before exploring 13 ways C-PTSD leaks in the work...
S2:E6 - Why Does Being Seen Have Us In Hiding?
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I want to explore this subject, as I have done several times in the past. Only this time, through the brain-body-mind lens. Up until ...
S2:E5 - 3 Stages of C-PTSD Recovery
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I reflect on my own journey these last few years, and share how I have organised 5 areas of my life into 3 stages. What they look like...
S2:E4 - How Past Trauma Hamstrings Future Earnings
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Way too many professionals with unresolved trauma in their past have a tumultuous relationship with money. Simply put, there is typically an ongoing s...
S2:E3 - What is Trauma Informed Growth?
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I look at Trauma-Informed and separately Growth exploring both, and sharing what it's like to pursue one without the other. Particula...
S2:E2 - What I Wish I Knew About Complex Trauma 15 Years Ago
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm taking a closer look at Complex Trauma noting the 5 or 6 things I wish I knew about Complex Trauma, 15 years ago. What is it? Where does it com...
S2:E1 - The Path from Surviving C-PTSD to Having Fun Thriving
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode kicks off our C-PTSD series with a look at the 4 stops along the "Path from Surviving Life, to Having Fun Thriving" before introducing th...
Ep 26 - Old Trauma blocks New Business with Dr. Steven Fonso
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Child hood trauma & the brick walls in business. A conversation whose time has come as we unpack the relationship between early trauma and how it expr...
Ep 25 - Dr. Steven Fonso's Head to Heart Story
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The journey from #head2heart is 3-extraordinary feet. For some of us, we're dragged kicking and screaming. For others it's a spontaneous awakening on ...
Ep 24 - Technology as a catalyst for Meaningful Work with Earle Hall
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is driving us into the most creative space in mankind since the pyramids. We have about 5 years before you start experiencing technology be...
Ep 23 - Tech's role in Meaningful Work with Gary Nuttall
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
#MeaningfulWork - dubbed a mega trend by Foresight Group in the 2020 publication The Meaningful Economy. Gary joins us for a candid conversation about...
Ep 22 - Breda McCague - Going from Head to Heart
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Breda McCague is a Senior Banking Professional, Lean In Ireland co-founder, Coach, Speaker and someone invested in normalising the conversations aroun...
Ep 21 - Body Talk, Listening, Ignoring and co-creating life with it with Dr. Loretta Ferrucci
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Loretta Ferrucci brings her passion, mastery and years of experience to the conversation as we explore why so many of us are still numb from the n...
Ep 20 - Being Seen has us in Hiding with Alison Butters
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Butters talks about her experience in transitioning from hiding from her own "professional cloak" to being seen. There are a lot of people who ...
Ep 19 - Resilience! From Stroke to 5th Dan Black Belt with Dr. Jim Bradley
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation with Dr. Jim Bradley on Falling down 7x, getting up 8, is a noble mindset among people involved in Resilience - but how? What's step...
Ep 18 - Daniel Lawlor on Personal Branding
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Lawlor, Ex-Regulator, Funds Lawyer and Managing Director of Aquest, joins us for a candid and honest look at what it took to build his Person...
Ep 17 - The Devils in your S.I.P.A. with Bob Quinn
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Quinn CFP, Principal at The Money Advisers, is back for a Wealth Building series. Certified, Qualified, and Experienced is not why we have him bac...
Ep 16 - We is Better than Me 100x over with Jennifer Cahill
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Cahill, Co-Founder of Savvi Recruitment Consultants, has a mission to bring the power, insight, tools, and resources that reside in the idea ...
Ep 15 - Bob Quinn: Wealth Building and Inheritance
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My name is Shannon and I am going to die with Bob Quinn. Bob Quinn CFP, Principal at The Money Advisers, is back for a Wealth Building series. Certifi...
Ep 14 - Lack dressed up as Ambition with Zoe Cunningham
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lack dressed up as ambition! Zoe Cunningham, Managing Director SoftWire, Actress, Entrepreneur, Mathematician and Author, joins the show to discuss ...
Ep 13 - Triggers Are The Way! with Dr. Dave Tuck
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The cave you fear to enter, holds the treasure you seek." Joseph Campbell. Why? How? What's on the other side? A conversation with Dr. Dave Tuck, Sup...
Ep 12- Pitstops on the road to Self-Actualisation with Dr. Dave Tuck
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pit stops on the journey to self-actualisation can at times be triggering - feel bitter and painful - and yet they must. The poison is often in the me...
Ep 11 - Adrian Whelan, BBH on bias, class and Finglas
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Whelan, Head of Regulatory, BBH, joins us for an Emotive Discussion exploring: Bias, Class, Socio-Economic Status, Finglas and his role in Prot...
Ep 10 - Dr. Dave Tuck on Blind Spots, Symptoms, and Best Practice
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face With Dr. Dave Tuck - www.drdavetuck.com Dr. Dave and Shannon talk; blind spots, falling down (...
Ep 09 - Wealth Building for Business Owners with Bob Quinn CFP
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wealth Building for Business Owners: More Foresight, Less Hindsight - The why, what and how. with Bob Quinn CFP, Principal at The Money Advisers. The...
Ep 08 - Advanced Leadership with Justin Robinson
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Robinson, VP of Leadership and Innvation at Design House Collective, and I explore context and answers to the questions: What role does one per...
Ep 07 - Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself. With Dr. Kim Jobst
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kim Jobst and Shannon Eastman explore our relationship with fear by answering the questions: How fear benefits us, how we engage with fear, what i...
Ep 06 - Leading From Within. With Cathy Presland
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An exploratory conversation that has us asking questions about the standard beliefs we carry when it comes to personal leadership. For example: Being ...
Ep 05 - Be Yourself. With David Foster
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David and Shannon explores context and answers to these questions: Why did you write your book? What is your book about? What movement do you hope th...
Ep 04 - Dino Tartaglia on Personal and Business Growth
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Personal Growth is sourced within. Business Growth is outsourced. Dino and Shannon explores context and answers to these questions: What is 'growth'? ...
Ep 03 - Success, Failure, and Entrepreneurship as a Gen X. with Paul Spiers
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aware of his current perspective of the world age 50-ish, Paul has found himself reflecting on Entrepreneurship as a 50-ish Gen X. What that means, wh...
Ep 02 - The Space Between Triumph and Disaster with Dr. Kim Jobst
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Life makes way for all sorts of experiences. Some of those experiences include: Disaster and Triumph. When they appear, there is a space that resides...
Ep 01 - The Visibility Paradox with Keith Blakemore-Noble
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of the Work That Matters podcast, Keith and Shannon explore context and answers to these questions: What is the difference betw...